The way our exchange works is 2 different products in regards to this. 1.Peering on the exchange. This is a BGP exchange. 2.Private VLAN. Each side gets a private VLAN between the two.
Either way you buy capacity on the exchange and it¹s up to you how you use it. I have some Equinix documents on their exchange port offerings if you are interested. Justin -- Justin Wilson <j...@mtin.net> http://www.mtin.net Managed Services xISP Solutions Data Centers http://www.thebrotherswisp.com Podcast about xISP topics http://www.midwest-ix.com Peering Transit Internet Exchange On 11/25/14, 4:29 PM, "Faisal Imtiaz" <fai...@snappytelecom.net> wrote: >Hi Colton, > >The primary challenge in buying IP Transit across a Peering Exchange is >not so much of a technical configuration challenge, but rather a 'how do >we keep track of how much IP Transit you are using' ..a billing challenge. > >and additionally, one is making the assumption that there is capacity to >do so on the IP Transit Providers Peering Port Connection. > >While it is possible to deal with such issue, but you need someone >willing and able to do so, on the other side. > > >------------------------ >> I think the way most providers would do this would be to get a rack and >> power with Equinix. Pay a cross connect fee from the wave provider to >>our >> rack. Pay for an exchange port (which includes a cross connect to the >> exchange) for the 5GBPS of traffic going to Netflix, Google, etc. And >>then >> pay for yet another cross connect going to HE.net's cage to get pure IP >> from them. >------------------------- > >Yes, you are right, this is the traditional way of doing so, and yes, it >can get expensive.. For this exact reason, folks such as us and others >who are willing to provide access via their existing resources at >different facilities. > >We are facilitating flexible connectivity needs of folks who are running >remote (from major metro areas) such as yours, in Miami, Atlanta, and I >know others who are doing so in Equinox Chicago, one in Texas and a >couple of the West Coast. > >Feel free to ping me off list if you are interested in additional details. > > >Regards > >Faisal Imtiaz >Snappy Internet & Telecom >7266 SW 48 Street >Miami, FL 33155 >Tel: 305 663 5518 x 232 > >Help-desk: (305)663-5518 Option 2 or Email: supp...@snappytelecom.net > >----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Colton Conor" <colton.co...@gmail.com> >> To: "Ammar Zuberi" <am...@fastreturn.net> >> Cc: "NANOG" <nanog@nanog.org> >> Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2014 2:51:47 PM >> Subject: Re: Buying IP Bandwidth Across a Peering Exchange >> >> The exchange in question is Equinix. Their sales team is leading me >> to believe there are multiple exchange products. One where you can peer >> with providers (Google, Netflix for example) and then one where you can >> create virtual private layer 2 vlans between providers. Then there is >>also >> the traditional cross connect fee of $350 if you want to go from one >> cage/rack to the other. >> >> So in a situation where we are getting a 10Gig transport wave to >>Equinix, >> we would ideally like to split this wave's use to 5Gbps of traffic >>going to >> the peering exchange for traffic going directly to Google, Netflix, and >> other CDN's, and then 5Gbps of pure IP transit going to a low cost >>provider >> like HE.net. Of course providers like HE.NET are also peers on the >>peering >> exchange, so it seems possible that we could just opening a peering >> conenction with them. >> >> I think the way most providers would do this would be to get a rack and >> power with Equinix. Pay a cross connect fee from the wave provider to >>our >> rack. Pay for an exchange port (which includes a cross connect to the >> exchange) for the 5GBPS of traffic going to Netflix, Google, etc. And >>then >> pay for yet another cross connect going to HE.net's cage to get pure IP >> from them. >> >> If I can buy transit directly I avoid the expenses of having to pay for >> space, power, another router/switch, plus a second cross connect. Thats >> quite a bit of money saved. >> >> Are exchanges really that unreliable compared to a traditional cross >> connect? >> >> On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 12:52 PM, Ammar Zuberi <am...@fastreturn.net> >>wrote: >> >> > Hi Conor, >> > >> > I know this is possible since Hurricane Electric does it for IPv6 >>transit, >> > however, I'm not sure if it violates any exchange rules or if it's >>even a >> > good idea. >> > >> > > On 25 Nov 2014, at 10:47 pm, Colton Conor <colton.co...@gmail.com> >> > wrote: >> > > >> > > I know typically peering exchanges are made for peering traffic >>between >> > > providers, but can you buy IP transit from a provider on an >>exchange? An >> > > example, buy a 10G port on an exchange, peer 5Gbps of traffic with >> > multiple >> > > providers on the exchange, and buy 5Gbps of IP transit from others >>on the >> > > exchange? >> > > >> > > Some might ask why not get a cross connect to the provider. It is >>cheaper >> > > to buy an port on the exchange (which includes the cross connect to >>the >> > > exchange) than buy multiple cross connects. Plus we are planning on >> > getting >> > > a wave to the exchange, and not having any physical routers or >>switches >> > at >> > > the datacenter where the exchange/wave terminates at. Is this >>possible? >> > >> >